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Brilliant productions to play big part in theater festival

2025-04-18 07:45

At the upcoming 2025 Shanghai Jing'an Theater Festival, 20 plays will be staged from April 25 to June 2. Over 85 percent of the productions will make their Shanghai debut and half are from overseas.

Beijing art museum holds Luo Bonian's retrospective

2025-04-17 16:17

“Glinting Light: An Exploration of Luo Bonian's Photography” at Beijing's Three Shadows Photography Art Centre is Luo Bonian's first solo exhibition in China. Born in 1911, Luo, a self - taught photographer, blended Pictorialism (an art - promoting photo movement) with Western modernism. The exhibition focuses on his 1930 - 1940 works, showing his unique style. Despite the war, he persisted. The show runs till June 1 with specific visiting hours.

NCPA chamber festival set to wow

2025-04-17 09:08

This year's festival, which takes place from May 1 to 25, includes 27 concerts by musicians from all over the world.

Embracing Cultures: Welcoming the world

2025-04-17 08:04

Noel Su Nuoyi, a Spanish social media influencer with over 3 million followers on short-video platforms like Douyin, says an unexpected encounter with an android charmed his mother when she visited China following its recent visa relaxations for inbound visitors.

Unlocking Greek mythology

2025-04-17 08:00

In Crete, the birthplace of the Greek god Zeus, legendary architect Daedalus was inspired to create a labyrinth beside the rolling waves of the Aegean Sea.

A teen's quest to summit the world

2025-04-16 09:06

In May 2023, on the eve of her summit attempt on Mount Qomolangma (Mount Everest),16-year-old Xu Zhuoyuan encountered a fierce snowstorm during her ascent.

Under the blossoms, a village blooms

2025-04-16 07:35

Chen Meimei, a 26-year-old from Shiyan, Hubei province, recently spent a weekend in Xinghua village in Danjiangkou, less than two hours away. She arrived just in time for the village's annual "Three Blossoms Festival", which celebrates the blooming of apricot, peach, and rape flowers — and the experience was unlike any she'd had before.

Social Media Digest

2025-04-16 07:35

Fleeting companions Instead of the usual image of cats curled up on laps, some young people in China are choosing crabs, praying mantises, and hamsters as pets.

Dialects with a twist

2025-04-16 07:33

"Has the grain been filled?" is a playful way of asking, "Have you eaten?" Similarly, "Your hands are like excavators, with the strength of bears, wolves, and leopards" means "You have a strong grip."

Visa-free transit policy boosting foreign visits

2025-04-16 00:17

The number of foreigners coming to China has increased significantly in the first quarter of this year as a result of the continued improvement in the country's policies to facilitate cross-border travel, the National Immigration Administration said on Tuesday.

Tradition back in fashion

2025-04-15 08:43

Photographer Ren Peng, 40, remembers the occasion as if it was only yesterday. Five years ago he visited the hometown of his friend Gu Yan, a member of the Lisu ethnic group, in Yanbian county, Panzhihua, Sichuan province.

Peony industry blooms amid flowering commerce

2025-04-15 08:42

Every day from 11 am to around 5 pm, Huang Lianfeng welcomes hundreds of diners to his farmhouse restaurant in Dianjiang county, in Southwest China's Chongqing, as the peony blossom season reaches its peak.

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